After making a statement with Ajax, Edgar Davids flourished as a professional footballer, serving for a multitude of prolific clubs including Juventus, Internazionale and Tottenham Hotspur. A world-renowned defensive midfielder who is known as ‘The Pitbull’ for his exceptional power, pace and hard-tackling playing style, Davids can provide some of the most insightful and effective advice to corporate and sports organisations surrounding achieving peak performance and goals. At the age of 12, Edgar was signed by Amsterdamsche Football Club where he made his first-team debut in 1991.
A key member of the clubs success in three Eredivisie titles, the 1992 UEFA Cup and the 1995 UEFA Champions League, he very quickly established himself as a highly-sought-after player and attracting the likes of Milan and Juventus who later signed him. Making over 400 appearances throughout his domestic career, Davids has an astonishing total of 32 goals under his belt along with the six goals he scored for the Netherlands national team.
Amongst a long list of career highlights, it can be seen that Edgar was a pivotal member in Barcelona’s first league title in five years as they took the La Liga and Champions League double in 2006. Having recently delved into a media career, he has become the face of various sports brands including sportswear company, Nike and EA Sport’s FIFA video game. He has also gone onto become a supervisory board member for his debut domestic team, Ajax in 2011 before joining Barnet as a player-manager. Currently, Davids is working on the fashion company in which he founded in 1999.
As the business owner of the urban style clothing company, he has managed to build a multitude of clothing lines which have reached international acclaim. A footballer, coach and businessman, Edgar Davids can provide one of the most versatile and insightful speeches as an after dinner speaker. An incredibly driven and determined sports figure can relate the valuable skills he has amassed through his varied career and relate them specifically to each individual audience he addresses to create a targeted and dynamic delivery that will leave a lasting effective impact on any organisation.
How to hire Edgar Davids
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